The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-25
ON THE FIELD OF HONOR.
sozsE FAMOUS DUELS OF STATES
1fEw AND PUBLIC MEM


These OF jackson. Clay. Rsnaoiph. snd
Others-Anausins Scene In the House.
From he CHICAGO Irteune
That last relic OF the age OF chivalry, the
duel. has well-nigh reached the final stage
OF folly In two recent events. A couple OF absurd
Mexicans, intent on O plaster for wounded
honor, the other day shut themselves up In Q
they Should asRs ths 'i Poisonous SS
capped unhurt was to DO considered the VIC
tor. The result was that. both combatants
tans to death Hardly loss but
the beginning tho efforts q ali Concerned OK:
70 finding out how not to do L, and when Bou-
LANCER expressed his desire that the meeting
s sS h e. wished Ss pse4s
end q rsnce . 1 The othsT fer bis boodtR STU
teemed with accounts Of tRe proposed duel
eseeys on the code of honor. the general utility
past Modern french dnes are
rarely very serious, the least scratch with
Ss5 or se Of sh ns n % psEss
effect 70 make them absurd. and It will prob
wiz Pe' e fe' p sIS e op TnIS
already has been In England. Ireland, and this
when was The s mode 80
settling personal disputes the world oyer and
had the countenance and approval OF tho most
Perhaps In no country has dueling ever been
carried On with the enthusisspq that eharac-
there now ths Time when TIE
Green Isle" was the happy hunting ground
Of sattsfaction-the garden spot OF duellists.
sidered Sompiete until he had taken nd degrees
with the pistol. and as soon as any one was
WHAT family Is he Vas Has he ever bszed
ayfIns ssSFss
Burke Of Ours" have more or less foundation
IN fact. and form the most interesting PASSAGES
The Sketches Of Darlington and the memoirs
And Biographies ii q hu9dred years ag9 poi,
Balrtnston details h no loss than AZ memora.
BILE and official duels as having occurred dur
Ing the period Of which hs writes; 6 Am9ng
1sss ESf Ssi JSfsss
sSd Sh 5asee dsasns
RoIbn r1I as rhS
Judges, was said to have shot up into pre-
Torment. go notorious was he as a duellist; A
suits, called out seriatim q dozen barristers
whS had been tS HIM Irish
der the name 81 the thirty. six comm iidments
Of Galway" which laid down to a nicely all the
minutiB Of proceeding, from the time OF the
sasensoi saSines s History of bueiiins and
FISH
amusement and establishment
f. ss lsasn 4he
!he Pan $iaeSslsss s for Or supposed pubic q.
TRs s sn and At
the Duke fred without hitting his adversary.
minated. Maeapiay, who never shot q, pistol in
his M
field Of honor was reached.
North and soash have ireausnsy ' ros s& SG
the :, code for 2 settlement Of grievances, and
S srg ii
the 81 Of his tyne kd
iaSts are too familiar for repeti.Ion here: 'I'
Wien pariss Sought the lie they s usually IHi shet
S f E. sef H. @ar5 ns Of
son. in 1906. II ' Was long before the days Of
from dreaming Of fame or q becoming Presl-
mated in horse race. but "reminiscences was
given to II By some super. seryiceable
s bs
deadly sin that Jackson never forgave. and a
challenge passed and was accepted: Jackson
& good, but not a great shot with the pistol, but
were phenemsnai. He could cut string a q
distance Fl swe eI PScSs A. the WORD Of
qufred no time for aiming, but gould shoot the
instant the word was given. When i became
lived, that Jackson and Dickinson AS were Ito to
%Sa. so Ss';s, AZ aS IL bs s
ys she eS alive Ths GROUND T ap:
and early, one morning the principals. accom-.
osasa BY the p Ss 'hG Sinss sPd' pas sss
were In advance. galloping through the woods
making mai The rns With Grim se hvsry
now and then Dickinson would indulge in pis-
t1l practice. and e. one house whore they
pistol ball show assn. JACKSON that when When
house. Jackson had been In many encounters,
bit h. kney this was t2 be the most serious OF
iriends. they discussed all the eontipgenciss Of
the coming fight, and how to meet 2. them They
w
try to hre as quickly as Dickinson. but rather
to receive his fire and then. II not mortally hit
SUCH rapid shot as Dickinson would only re;
possibly have no good result Jackson ex-
pected to be hit and hit severely, but he de-
tthroush the, ordeal. AZ niGhtiall both par
the night at farm houses near by. The
next morning they were on tho ground.
sition. while oveEtson obtained the right Of
PAGES, twenty-four feet, which, being duly meas
ured of, was marked BY, pegs at which each
right angles with their own pistols drawn to
gasions. In more than one instance q drellist
has been known in that country, to fire before
his adversary before he had q chance to fire.
cipais should be guilty OF such a thing as
that, the seconds should at once shoot him |
down. Then Overton asked: Arc you ready?" |
Both replied in the afi.rfmaatiye and then sud
OF lightning Dickinson's pistol went of. and q |
puff OF dust was seen to fiy from the breast OF |
von nj III.